I have been working on an idea now for a while. It was not easy to get time…or to figure out exactly how to do it…but I think I finally got it!!!
I had this old chair kicking around. I could not fix it…it had been out in the elements for almost a year before it came to be mine. The damage was too much after I removed the upholstery, so….instead of junking it to the garbage…I came up with a solution.
I wish I had taken before photos of the blue velvet on the chair…it was really quite a cute little thing…but…I am me…and I get excited sometimes! Ha-ha.
I gutted the heck out of this baby…I then bolted it back together without the springs etc. I added a piece of wood to the bottom…and covered the entire chair with a layer of landscape fabric. Added a few impatiens and some sweet potato vine…
Ta-da!!!!!
I made my ramshackle old chair into a planter!
The sweet potato vine will hopefully flow over the sides like a skirt…ha-ha.
I like it. The original owner of the chair stopped by and thought it was fabulous!
It rocks and swivels still…
I placed it in the corner spot by the garage door.
What do you think?
Trash to treasure or just trash?
I had to try…it appeared in my mind…If it survives the winter here…I will re-plant it with alyssum…how cute will that be? I can hardly wait now…
This chair goes to show…that there is nothing safe from being planted around here…Anything Goes…and one girl’s imgagination goes a LONG way! I think when I was looking for a little whimsy…I got it!
Then….I moved over to complete a drab area of my garden…I’ll share it on a future post. It is storming here again…and I am NOT going outside to take photos right now! Ha-ha. (hey…I might be the crazy plant lady…but even I have my limits!) {8~)
Until then…hugs and smiles and special winks for those three who just can’t stop themselves from lookin! - you know who you are . *) *) *)
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Visiting from Coastal Charm
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It just goes to show .... you're only limited by your imagination.
~Brooke
http://creativecountrymom.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WebGarden/261885457648?ref=ts
Now how about a little side table and a lamp...and a rug...:-)
Sub-sale find
It is true that almost everything can be reused for a planter(-:
Or maybe not. I don't know how to do this kind of stuff!
Justine :o )
You rock Tootsie!
Awesome redo! I love it!!! Have a great day!
Sherrie
Sherrie's Stuff
If your guests sit still too long in your garden, do you give them plants to hold?
Just askin'
:-)
I love your chair! Amazing and so original!!! But then I love every single little thingy you do around your home! FASCINATING!!! What an ingenius, talented woman you are!!! :)
Love to you this beautiful morning!!
Mona
This terrific rehab project would fit for Tips & Tricks Tuesday or Time Travel Thursday. You choose.
Until then...
Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
Blessings,
Linda
Eileen
I would love to see your gardens, but I'm afraid that if I tripped, I'd end up planted, with plants growing out of my.... Pockets.
What's the harm in being nice? I don't see any!
thanks for poppin' by!
wink wink....*) *) *)
Happy VTT,
Sally